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[John McAllister, Jr., full-length portrait, seated in a chair, outdoors on the roof of 48 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[John McAllister, Jr., full-length portrait, seated in a chair, outdoors on the roof of 48 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia], 1843 — historic photograph
[John McAllister, Jr., full-length portrait, seated in a chair, outdoors on the roof of 48 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia], 1843. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A full-length seated portrait taken outdoors on the roof of 48 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia sets this daguerreotype apart from the studio busts and head-and-shoulders views common in the 1840s. Early daguerreotypists often worked on rooftops and in open skylit spaces because strong daylight shortened exposures, which were still long enough to require a sitter to hold very still. The paper label on the case gives the date as 1843 and credits the maker only as "W.Y.M." The sixth-plate size and the leaf motif on the case frame are typical of the period's small, portable portraits.

Created / published1843
Medium1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1840-1850.Portrait photographs 1840-1850.
NotesWritten on paper label on back of case: J. McAllister jr 1843 taken by W.Y.M. on the roof of old 48. Written on paper label on the side of the case: J. McAllister by W.Y.M. Case: frame design with leaf motif in center. Photography in America: The formative years 1839-1900 / Welling. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1978, p. 35. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1996; (DLC/PP-1996:088.11). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress) Published in: Gathering history: the Marian S. Carson collection of Americana. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1999, p. 102.
SubjectsMcAllister, John,--1786-1877.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,811 × 4,716 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
Reference238_John_McAllister_Jr_full_1843

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